Farriers Discuss What Shoe Wear Reveals
Sarah Evers Conrad
March 4, 2017
A roundtable at the International Hoof Care Summit covered shoe wear and what it indicates about the horse.
Prevention and treatment for problems of the equine foot
A roundtable at the International Hoof Care Summit covered shoe wear and what it indicates about the horse.
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